Handle and implement coupling



I. CURTIS.

HANDLE AND IMPLEMENT c'oUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. I9I9.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

JAsPERfcUnrIs, 'or BONITA, Louisiana.

" l "HANDLE .AND

To all whom it may concern: j

vBe it known that I, JAsrEn CURTIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at' Bonita, in the parish of Morehouse and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle and Implement Couplings, of which thefollowing is Y tical in construction, and may be manufactured for a simallcost and sold at a yreason#` ing tothe handle.. i

a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings. f Y. f

This invention relates to the art of farming` implements and particularly toa hoe or rake construction including an improved fastening device, for detachably connecting various farming tools or implements to a common handle, in other words, to provide i a handle and means thereon., common Vto various farming tools or implements, whereby a detachable connection maybe afforded between the handle and any one of the tools or implements.

The invention aims to this kind, which is simple, eiicient and pracable profit. i g The invention further aims toprovide a fastening of this general `character .including. sliding. means carried by the handle,-for actuating` the yspring ,fasteningg'memben whereby the handle may be detached easily and quickly. f y

fIt is to be noted as a yfurther aim of the invention that by simply inserting theinetal `incased tapered end of the handle into the correspondingly shaped socket of the externk sionof the hoe, the hoe may be easily and quickly connected, alug carried bya spring member on the` socketed extension., of the hoe'will readily engage a shoulder'atone end of a vdepression in the casing covered extremity of the handle, to rigidly secure the hoe to the handle...y i v The invention further vaims to provide means formed integral with the casing of the endof the handle, to be depressed into a recess of the wood handle, to Vholdthe' cas- While the design andconstruction present v.illustrated andsetv forth is deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a resultpfa reduction of the Vinvention to a morepractical form lfor commercial purposes, .the .in-f

vention lmay 1be susceptibleto changes, and

`theright to these ohangesis claimed, rproywithin the vided `they are comprehended scepeef what s claimed,

` Specication of Letters Patent.

eredend of the handle.

provide a device of i iiviriiniviniv'r coUPLING.

* Patented Fenai, 1920.

.Appncationrmeu Maren` 22, 1919; seriai No. 284,275.

and combination of fparts,nas will be hereinafter'set forth, shown in the drawings and I claimed. l

In the drawings: l

. e The invention comprises furth'erfeatures l Figure 1- is a perspective'fview'showing the extension cf a hoe connected' to awood handle- 'i v .Fig `2 is a longitudinal sectionalview on i line 2-2 of Fig. 1. .v

Fig. Billustrates plan views of the wood-v handle and a rake, showing the extension of the-rake disconnected from the casingv cov- Fig. 4 is avdetail view 'of the casing to be carried by the wood handle, showing the wall ofthe casing before it is depressed in Vfull lines andshowing the depression in dotted lines, after the, casing has .beenV vde-V pressed.

Fig. f5i'is a sectional view of the connectionv between the socket extension of a rake and a ywood handle, illustratingthe slide eliminated.l v' i .v ,5'

. ,Referring tothe drawings 1v designates thev wood handle, which -mayfbeo-f any suitable length and constructed ofany suitable material, Vplferably wood.. One end of this handlefis vtapered as shown at 2, and

3 denotes a i conical casing orl shelll telescopicall-ytting the tapered end 2 of the i handle. The tapered end ofthe handleis providedwith a depressione, and this depression .4 -is engaged by an elongated protuberance, which is caused tobe constructed by depressing the wall ofthe casing 3. Owing, to this protuberance 5 being formed 4in this manner a .depression 6 isformed on vthe outerjface of thecasing 3. A lug7 V.is .struck up fromvthe bottom of the depression ory protubera'ncel and is designed to be enkriveted` or otherwise secured. at 10.*fin fan elongated recessll of the conical hollow exblade 13,0r of a rake.,

.tension .12- of theV hoe 14 as. shown in Fig. 3. The projection 8 "extends through an openinglyin the wall of the hollow extension 12,7.and` when-the casing lined tapered extremity of a* handle `ment of the extension ofthe hoe frOIIirthe handle. By vmounting' the `spring in'` the -gaged by Ythe projection 8, which is carried n by a leaf springv9.,v This leaf spring isv yis insertedV the socket 16 of the-extension y '12, the projection 8 will camoverthe lug?,

`and sol engagethe lug as to, prevent detach-j` depresseil- .1 1 and thereby rendering :the

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outer face of the spring flush With the outer surface of the extension, Weeds and thelike or other foreignmatter are prevented from 1 becoming entangled between Vthe spring Aand j 5 the outer Wall of the extension `12. Further`v more, by so countersinhing theleaf spring, 1t ispr'ev'ented from engaging lan obstacle,

which Would Wrench or otherwise injure'the Aspring. AMounted in the depression is a l slide 17. This slide has an elongated slot 18,.

VWhich receives screwsl), `which are `threaded intoA the bottom of the depression,v thereby holding the silde in place. These V-s'creivs act to limit the slide in its movements in '71e either daemon; -oneeend ef the ende hee jection'2'2is grasped and the slide moved in e the dir'eeti'on'ofthe projection 8. vThe tivo bevelsf` 20and 21 Will coact, and itisobvious that the 'bevel 20 will cam under Vthe proe jectifo'n '8, forcing the leaf spring outwardly, until the end of the lug 8 rides uponl the sun ac 'of the enlargement 23 lof the 'slide to a *position asvindicatedat 24, after which the eirtensioiiv 12 as a Whole/may be removed.

It is alsoto be noted that when conneting theextension- 12 tov the casing covered taen Perea `enal of the hnndle, the bevel a1 win c'ain over the surface 25 of thelug 7, until the projection 8 may engage behind the end of thek lug. It is to vbe noted that by the protuberance engaging'the elongated recess '40 of the tapered endof'vthe v'voodj'handle, theV easing s' ie' heid inpeeinien en the nnndie,

in sch'ivi'se as to not only prevent longitdinal' noyemnt of 'thefcavsing 3,'butalso to prfeientA lateral rotation thereof, As shov'vn in Fig. 5' a rake is illustrated, disclosing the fact that most any kind of implmenter tool halving'a Socket eX# Y tension 12 o fthe'general character as shown maybe connected to the handle.V Itis ob-" vios that the lslide may be ofiany siiitab'le length.' Forv instance, 'the [end carryingV "linger piece 2,2 may eXtend vtoward andjbe l wpeeieiened adjacent the upper endef the handlafso that the user m'ayfeasilyfmanipl'i- 55 finte/the slide, wiznentneeehing the other e endof thehandle. e e

'The invention havingy been set forth, what is claimedas nevv and useful is;

. l; The combination 'vvith a handle meni- V having a tapered end provided Withfan elongated moese, of: a tapere'dhollow casing etang said tapered' end ef theA handle and peviiaed with 'nnv elongated pretnberenee, whiehis' lfo'eedA by depressing the Y wall of j es faire te engage-the elonjgnteaef v4e. :Thev combination ivith aha-ndle'meniber 125 Y vhaving casing covered ndr'and anelo-- gated depression formed inthe casing' covered end provided vvith an abutmnt,'of Vimplement provided with a socket extension v' y1,331,306 ,Y y

the tapered end, thereby holding the casing, said casin e having a depression, which 1s caused to e formed by depressing the Wall of thegcasing to form the protuberance, and

an implement having a tapered socket eX- V `tension to engage the tapered Casin :telescopically, aV spring device carried the socket extension and having a projection protruding through the Wall of the' socket extension, and a` lug 'struck up'lfr'o'm the bot- 75 toni fof the depression of the casing and engaged by the projection of the spring' device, thereby ydetachably connecting the socket extension to the casing.

' 2. The combination With a handle -inem- 80 ber having a'etapered end provided with an elongated recess, of a tapered holloi'v casing itting said tapered end of the handle and provided WithV an elongated protberance,

'Vvvhich is forin'ed by `depressing the VWall of 85 Y Y an im lement havinb4 ata eredsoeket eX- .P c P tension` to engage the"A tapered casing telefscopically, and a spring device :carried by thesocket extension andhaving a projectionj j protruding throughthevvall of thef'socket 95 eXtens'ion, and 'alug-struck up from the bottomV of -the l depressioi'i of the casing and engaged by the projection ofthe'spring-dev vice, thereby detachably connectingjthef socket" extension to the casing",l and means slidably mounted in the depress'ionftoV be manually actuated to camunder the projece tion'of the `spring device, `whereby` the pro- Y jection is' disengaged `from the' lng, for detaching the extension 'of the implement, 105

"3. The'combination With a handle inember Vhaving a casing covered end 'and' an j elongated depression formed; in thel casing coveredendprovidedjvvith an abutment, of

anwiinplement provided' withV a socket eX- 110 tension'jcojrresponding-to and fitting the casn ing coveredendvof thehandle vmeniberga spring device'` carrledby'the socket extension jprovided'with a proj'ectionengagingthrough e Vthe Wall of the extension to coperate with the vabutment to hold the extension Vdetachably` connectedv to the casing cvered end, and V. n'ieansfor* securing'the casing Y againstrotation on the 'end' ofthe handle e 'membeig and means slidably n'ounted'in the 120 Vdepression and adapted toy be manually n-ani'pulated for canmi'ng under said projection tolift' it'to allow the extension to be decorrespondng to and"fittingy the'- casing v'- 130 ing a beveled end to cam lagainst; the beveled end of the projection so as to ride under the pro] ection and lift the same, whereby the extension of the implementmay be disconnected from the casing covered endof the handle member, said slide having a portion on which the projection may engage to hold it raised to permit of such disconnection.

vrfhe combination with a handle member having a tapered end provided with a depression, of a casing fitting the tapered end, the wall ofthe casing being dished to correspend to and fit the depression to retain the casing on the tapered end, the dshed part of the wall of the easing having an abutment, an implement provided with a socket extension corresponding to and fitting the casing of the tapered end, a spring device carried by the socket extension and provided with a projection engaging through the wall of the extension to coperate'with the abutment 'to hold the extension detachably oonnected to the casing or the handle member'. f

6. The combination with a handle member having a tapered end provided with a depression, of a casing corresponding to and fitting the tapered end of the handle member, the wall of the casing being'dished oorrespondingly to and fitting the depression, thereby retaining the casing on the tapered end, the interior of the dish of said casing having an abutment, an implement provided with a socket extension fitting the casing of the handle member, and means carried by the socket extension and engaging through the wall of the extension, to hold the eXtension detachably connected to the casing.

Y 7 The combination with a handle member having a tapered end provided with a f depression, of a casing corresponding to and fittingthe tapered, Vend of the-handle member, the wall of the casing being dished correspondingly to and fitting the depression,

thereby retaining the casing on the tapered end, the interior of the dish of'said casingy having an abutment, an implement provided with a socket extension fitting the casing of the handle member, and means carried by the socket extension and engaging through sion detaehably connected to rthe casing, and adevice slidably mounted in the dish of the wall of the casing to copera'te with said means to disengage it from the abutment.

In testimony whereof I hereunto vaiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

p JASPERVCURTIS.

vlllitnesses: 4

M.A F. WILLIAMS F. F. 'CLAWSON the wall of the extension, to hold the eXten- 

